I think the title is clever. Tonight I am being a lemming and following the stroganoff tonight. Just your basic button mushrooms and yellow onions and a sizzler sirloin suggested by my butcher. Not anything fancy. But I can tell you I love sour cream and i got the full fat and I am going heavy on it baby. Buttered noodles and a through the garden salad and homemade ranch

Woohoo for Stroggy (as he is now referred to in our house). I seriously have an issue not calling anything by it's proper name. Zuni chicken = Zuni man, stuffed chicken breasts = chicken boobs and now we have Stroganoff = Stroggy as if he were my pet pig. I made my first Stroganoff this weekend and while I was leery, wow it's good! I don't even love sour cream, well now I think I do as I think I bought a legitimate brand vs the usual runny, tangy, nasty. You probably eyeball it but how much do you use for a 1 lb or so of meat + shrooms? I ran across a wide variation in recipes so just wondering. Although as I'm sure you might do as well, I just added more at the table since I didn't think it was enough, can't have enough dairy fat right? Dinner sounds great.

I'm going to make this with a chuck roast later this week. Not classic stroganoff, but hopefully a good weeknight adaptation. I think I'll brown the meat, mushrooms, onions, and shallots and braise in a small amount of beef broth in the crock pot all day while we're at work. Then home, reduce the sauce if needed, herbs, sour cream...dinner! That's the plan for Wednesday, anyway.

I used a one lb Sizzler sirlion, one small onion, 8 oz sliced mushrooms and 8 oz of sour cream. Also garlic, flour, beef broth and seasonings. That is it really. The best flavor comes from the searing of the meat and veggies.

It's Patriots Day in Massachusetts. The reenactment of the Battle of Lexington and Concord happened this morning. The start of the Revolutionary War. THAT should tell all what we Americans are made of.

My heart goes out to the injured and those who have lost family members.

Today is Patriots' Day, the shot heard 'round the world. It's a holiday in Boston: the Red Sox play, the marathon is run. The bad guys knew this.

I'm not very happy right now.

Deb is making a sauce Bolognese as I type and the house smells great. I bought a three pound chunk of chuck and Deb ground it all. I'm guessing cheeseburgers are in my immediate future and pasta Bolognese is warming up in the bullpen. I'll caramelize some onions to top the burgers.

I understand what you say about not having an appetite last night. It was not a happy day for a few reasons. The Audrie Potts story, the Marathon and of course to a lesser degree-tax day. A glass of red was well-recieved and the capellini bolognese was picked over last night.

It would be nice to have some good news for everyone. Blessings to all in Boston.

"I'm not very happy right now." Yep. I know what you mean, I really do. It was a long uneasy and restless night and I welcomed sleep last night and was happy for the sun today.

I have a small rack of lamb in the fridge, and despite not being in the mood to cook or eat...that will be dinner tonight. Emeril's garlic, shallot, potato, custard ramekins. No doubt, some red on the side.

twodales, it's played in the break before the bottom of the 8th inning at Fenway Park. It was a song tossed into the mix back in 1997, and everyone liked it that when John Henry and the other current owners bought the Sox in 2002, it became tradition to play it at every home game. It's quite fun to be there - almost the entire park joining in. :-)

Sorry, your appetite is lacking but t is more than understandable. Nice to hear that there is plenty of donated blood. This is a little thing I feel pretty strongly about--if you're a healthy specimen, give up some of your blood! I hope that everyone is able to make sense of this someday. And that pizza will always be there, and it will taste much better at a later date.